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When digging inside my Acorn Risc-PC I once found a message along the lines of "Help! We are being kept in a cellar and forced to write software!"... :-)

• _0ffh 11y ago
  Okay, I checked on the details. The verbatim message was "Help! We're being held prisoner in a software factory!". Close enough! :)
  • rwmj 11y ago
    A reference to this story? https://store.bbc.com/jackanory/help-i-am-a-prisoner-in-a-toothpaste-factory https://store.bbc.com/jackanory/help-i-am-a-prisoner-in-a-to...
    • _0ffh 11y ago
      Hah, I didn't know about that story, but it certainly sounds plausible!
    • mikeash 11y ago
      The general form of this joke apparently goes back to at least the 1950s: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264228 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264228
  • edwintorok 11y ago
    Is it similar to this easter egg? http://www.mackido.com/EasterEggs/BlueMeanies.html http://www.mackido.com/EasterEggs/BlueMeanies.html
  • mikeash 11y ago
    That's good, it's more obviously a joke. Your original could almost be confused with a legitimate cry for help!